KJL (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC132231 · ltd · incorporated 1991-06-04
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£98.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.5y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
84 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £98,051
Net assets shrinking
Down £7,268 YoY
Cash YoY
+300%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↑ 300% YoY
Net Worth
£98k
↓ 6.9% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£21k£42k£63k£84k£105kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£98.1k£105.3k
Cash£1.5k£384
Net assets£98.1k£105.3k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-10
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2021-08-24
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2017-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-08-17
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-10-27
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-06-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2014-07-12
    ➖
    LEWIS, Keith John resigned
    director
  18. 2005-12-01
    ➕
    LEWIS, Hilary Joan appointed
    director
  19. 2004-10-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Skipton Building Society
  20. 1991-06-04
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    Company incorporated
    As KJL (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  21. 1991-06-04
    ➕
    LEWIS, Hilary Joan appointed
    secretary
  22. 1991-06-04
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1991-06-04
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1991-06-04
    ➕
    LEWIS, Keith John appointed
    director
  25. 1991-06-04
    ➕
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1991-06-04
    ➖
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Hilary Joan Lewis
Individual · British · DOB 04/1954 · age 72
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting07/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1991-06-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

3 Primrosebank Avenue
Cults
Aberdeen
AB15 9PD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-18
Last: 2025-06-04

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

LEWIS, Hilary Joan→
secretary · appointed 1991-06-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEWIS, Hilary Joan→
director · ~72y · appointed 2005-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-06-04 · resigned 1991-06-04
Resigned
LEWIS, Keith John→
director · ~74y · appointed 1991-06-04 · resigned 2014-07-12
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1991-06-04 · resigned 1991-06-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Skipton Building Society
Standard security1 property28/10/2004—
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Recent filings (84 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-09
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-17